Electric conductor.



S. G. BROWN. ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR. APPLICATION FILED 1120.11, 1903.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

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To all whom it may concern:

.1; Beit known that I, SIDNEY Guouon Buowu,

subject of the King. of Great Britain, residing at 4 Great W inchesterstreet, in the ,3 county of London, England, electrical en ineer, haveinvented certain-new and use1h1l Improvements Relating to Electric Conductors, olf which the following is a specification. This invention relates to the manufacture Of electric conductors or cables for employmentin connection with. submarine 'or subj tsrranean telegraph or telephone systems.

Electric conductors as heretofore con- 'structedihave been more or less inefficient in 1 5 that they possess a preponderance of resist- I fences-11d capacity;v the speed of signaling bei'nigthereb materially affected.

Now the 0 jecto f the present invention is -v to-Irender the conductor ,self-inductive to "go go teract, theeli'e'ct-of capacity without se- "riou'slydimhiishmgits resistance, and there l. by toincrease the speed of working.

- 2' In manufacturing, for example, a conductbrorfcable forsubmarine use; the central as-copper conductor may be suitably insulated *good- ;magnetic material, such as iron 7 fitriplor iroh'wire, may be Wound over the insulationt." The magnetic material may then beinclosed a covering of insulating ma- Sdteriel a-nd'finally taped and armored as is fusualwithsubmarine'cables. i In order that the said invention may be clearly'understood and readily carried into effect, I will now proceed to describe the same morefully with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Flgure 1i is a fragmentary view in side elevation illustrating a conductor constructed according to the present invention and -40 adapted' for submarine use; the magnetic material being showh in the form of the ".wh ch the magnetic material is shown in. the

' Fig; 3is a view in sideelevation having; its object the illustrationof j the ordinarytaping or sheathin which may belinterposed between the insu ation about theirou'and the'jute covering. Ref,erring:to Fig. 1, a is the cent'relcop er 5o conductor, and b; ifsg the surrounding insuatjing'jmateriel which maybe a suitahl-y insu" Jetin' tape or gutte-percha; o represents a wind ingpfiron stripzwhich is served with an insuletin cover1 ng n! such I as percha; cure ing taken that the III SH etion interposed the brass taping effectually prevented. The said iron stri 0' .may be replaced by round or rectangu er of this iron strip is efficiently carried out. Other insulating materials may be employed as found convenient. For instance, paper,

cotton, "indiarubber er other insulator may be substituted for the gutta-percha hereinbefore mentioned. When pa or is used itis preferably impre ated it tar or other insulator and app tied as a winding of suitable thickness. w

, For the purpose of electrically insulatin 5 the copper from the iron the thickness 0 the insulator around the centralcopper conductor may be so reduced asto be constituted simply of a film of the 'DXldS on the n1etals,'i. c. the copper and iron themselves, or to the mrnish or other thinzinsulatin I l1edll1ln01 coating that maybe applie to the metals in the example illustrated, which represents a eonduotorgapplicable for submarineuse, a covering;,'. which'niay be j ute, is applied to the insulationd the conductor being finally inclosed in the. iron orsteel wire armoring f. Between the insulation (l and the jute coveriugc there ms-ybe or sheathin e ordinarily employed, and indicated in. gig. 3 of the drawings.

g is the usual central wire of the conductor. Theiron strip'mu-y be wound in any suitable manner and with s View to insuring a suitable protection the turnsgthereof mil be drawn throuc'h insulatingitreterial sue 1 as tar or Chatterton compound; which may be heated as required; ingress of air beingiron wire a as shown ,in Fig. 2; the construction of the conductor being otherwise precisely similar to that described withreferonce, to Fig. 1, The invention is equally upplicable t9. multi-conductor cables. The stru'ct uremey be twisted if desired,

for mechanical reasons and also withIa' view to preventing mutual induction with neighboring conductors y 160 [In duplexing' the jeforesaid cable; it is i necessary lel or suun the missing? 7 xjille so as to be 's' m jg m every respect I or words, so as to constitute'anurtifiozali-representation of the cable itself; Therefore in duplexing the cable the artificial line should itself possess self-induction similarly to the cable and this may be effective, say, b windingthe com ductor ofsuch artificial inc shout a core of" the finish, or, in; Ma i .1 1I'OX1 or other magnetic memorial, or by wiw Slil\(lli he iron is like; we glue Wiid sci. 'i manner desti'o in n=-. coi'idnciion 7 J A l PEIIJOSQS. placing 'izhe inner conouixozrl com. s1" and the outer mnductcr w ich may be, fci' instance outer slieaahin the Wain the earlh, the cable is rendered self-inductive but such arrangement does not afi'ect the re-- sisiance which hitter remains nnaii'ez'ed. The speed of signaling is, hos-revel, increased.

In the examples i d, she cable is provided with insni the inner. coplsr so cm; and the iron magnetic circni'n it. .s

method of construction has been adopted because it is considered in'iporiant that all the signaling cincrsn'bs should flow in the conductor ccpp and exert their full magnetizing eiecb on the iron. This would oi he the case if the iron madc metallic Contact with the copper as part of the sig naiing L'Ill'llli would flow in the iron.

Referring particularly to Fig. 2, if the non wire Weli oxidized, it might, without serious loss in ii magnetizing elieci; on the iron, be Wound directly on the copper, the insulation Z) being omitted, provided the iron Wire be arranged discontinuously much possible so to ruin it foserving as a i'zonductor. lifinrt-lieimore, it is advantageous to keep the iron as near to the con dnctoi as possible so as "to reduce the length of the iron. forming the magnetic circuit. The iron for the magnetic circuit should be of high a permeability as @OSSlblG, soft pure iron 02. an alloy of iron with small per-- cent-ages or" silicon Oi aluminium being suit- Gil -LEI conductor, a closed iron magnetic circni enveloping she inns! conductor and CllGlG-Qllif; ns-tween the inner conductor and t magnetic envciop and between the latter the outer conduct-oi.

2'. in submarine or subterranean telegraph or iclcpnonc systems, a conductor, compriscon'ibineiion an inner onductor, an

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a b I outer conductor, a closed magnetic circuit of iion of high permeability laid up so as to continuously envelop the inner conductor, and (llGlQCiilC between the inner conductor and the closed magnetic circuit and between hc latter and ihe outer conductor.

8. In submarine or subterranean telegraph or telephone systems, a conductor comprising in combination an inner conductor, an

outer conductor closed spiral Winding of iron forming a closed magnetic cifcuitabout {he inner conductor, and dielectric behwcen the inner conductor and the aforesaid closed spiral, and beiwcen the latter and the ontei conductor.

i. in snbn'mrine or subterranean telegraph or telephone systems, a conductor' comprising; in combination an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and closed spiral winding of iron of high permeability form closed magnetic circuit about the inner conductor and dielectric between the inner conductor and the aforesaid closed spiral and between the latter and the outer conductor.

in tcsiimony whereof I hai'e hereunto sol my hand in presoncc of two subscribing wit nesscs this LTili day 0'." Noveinlimr, 1903.

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